Another amazing feature is the 30
pin connector designed especially to connect your Apple devices.
Not exact matches
VGA is the traditional 15 -
pin analog monitor
connector,
designed for CRT displays.
The
design neatly accommodates a 30 -
pin dock
connector port, a 3.5 mm headphone jack, a microphone and built - in speakers.
You can use the well -
designed 30 -
pin - to - USB
connector to transfer data from your PC to the tablet; however, I was annoyed to discover that the cable wouldn't work with any other power adapter.
Charging is now not only more accessible, but there is also no longer any need for the two -
pin dock
connector, so you get a more seamless and fuss - free
design.
The ugliest thing about this
design is the MotoMod
connector pins, which are lined up in a rounded rectangle near the bottom of the phone's backside.
Two 6 -
pin PCI Express power
connectors are used to deliver juice to the card, but the thermal
design power has decreased to only 165 - watts.
New leaked parts for what would allegedly be a smaller iPad have been released today, and a high - res shot of the dock
connector reveals the smaller 8 -
pin design that's also rumored to appear in the next iPhone.
Charging is now not only more accessible, but there is also no longer any need for the two -
pin dock
connector, so you get a more seamless and fuss - free
design.
In addition to the regular spec bumps, we also see improvements to the included leather - bound Folio keyboard like in key travel, efficiently - managed backlighting, the use of chiclets, a more substantial trackpad and the magnetic
connector's
design reduced down from seven
pins to three.
iMore reached out to the original sources that gave us the new Dock
connector story way back in February just to make doubly sure — and yes, there will be an adapter for the iPhone 5 ′ s smaller Dock
connector that will let it work with many of the accessories
designed for the old 30 -
pin Dock
connector.
The top and bottom caps come with a «snap»
design so you can easily access the 30 -
pin dock
connector, although there's a pass - through USB cable included so you don't have to remove the phone from the case.
The original 30 -
Pin Dock Connector was a remarkably future - proof design, and Apple has added functionality to many of the blank pins over time; until now, there's a pin for nearly every function an accessory could possibly want to provi
Pin Dock
Connector was a remarkably future - proof
design, and Apple has added functionality to many of the blank
pins over time; until now, there's a
pin for nearly every function an accessory could possibly want to provi
pin for nearly every function an accessory could possibly want to provide.
The answer's simple: while the iPod shuffle's USB
design is ingenious at syncing and charging, it's really crappy at everything else that the 30 -
Pin Dock
Connector is
designed to do.